Pansies (Lawrence)/A Living
A LIVING
A man should never earn his living,
if he earns his life he'll be lovely.
if he earns his life he'll be lovely.
A bird
picks up its seeds or little snails
between heedless earth and heaven
in heedlessness.
picks up its seeds or little snails
between heedless earth and heaven
in heedlessness.
But, the plucky little sport, it gives to life
song, and chirruping, gay feathers, fluff-shadowed warmth
and all the unspeakable charm of birds hopping and fluttering and being birds.
—And we, we get it all from them for nothing.
song, and chirruping, gay feathers, fluff-shadowed warmth
and all the unspeakable charm of birds hopping and fluttering and being birds.
—And we, we get it all from them for nothing.